Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[MememaiXIV]

The community's skill is the lowest out of every MMO on the market

I don't think that's really controversial at all. The Final Fantasy legacy connection means it's played by a lot of people who wouldn't normally be in an MMO. Such as me.
I'm average at best as a gamer, I just enjoy Final Fantasy games.
Having said that, I AM getting better at a rapid rate, largely thanks to help/advice from other players.

[MememaiXIV]

It isn't weird to play a character of the opposite sex.
(I have a male Lala & a female Viera).

edit- seeing as a couple of people liked the post, & I'm learning how to use the tools here, have a picture of said Viera:

[ElysiumDragon]

I think there should be a way to reset cooldowns/resources on striking dummies, so high-end raiders can practice their rotations/openers without having to wait around for cooldowns to reset, or change jobs to clear current job resources.

[Johners]

I don't think that's really controversial at all. The Final Fantasy legacy connection means it's played by a lot of people who wouldn't normally be in an MMO. Such as me.
I'm average at best as a gamer, I just enjoy Final Fantasy games.
Having said that, I AM getting better at a rapid rate, largely thanks to help/advice from other players.

That legacy belongs to World of Warcraft though, specifically Vanilla through Wrath of the Lich King. The game peaked at 12 million paying subscribers and broke culture boundaries of both the MMO genre and the entire gaming industry as a whole. WoW is THE normie MMO and while FFXIV isn't bad, it's recent peak still doesn't put it anywhere close to WoW.

[Shurrikhan]

Sometimes, it is okay to gatekeep.

Wait, how's that a hot take in this game?

[BaconBits]

Wait, how's that a hot take in this game?

Anything's a hot take if you heat it in a microwave long enough.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Here is a hot take. The convenience of being able to change to any job on your character at any time has made it impossible for your character to have any real identity. You are forever just the generic WoL.

You think Characters lose identity by being able to Multiclass and adapt to learn Multiple skills and Disciplines?
So a Warrior loses Identity because he also knows how to Craft and Gather, and knows Archery?

My Previous Mage Miqote loses Identity by being able to use White, Black, Red, and Blue Magic? Or does she lose identity the second she became a Paladin...which uses a Sword and Shield and Holy/White Magic? Is a Paladin in itself a Class that loses its identity because its 2 things in one?

Lol that last part was probably silly, but its also silly to suggest a Master of all or somebody who has multiple skill sets has no identity and is just "The Generic WOL"
Who basically picked up all of those different Skills/Jobs through each expansion to Grow and Adapt to the New Land and Situation.

[ZephyrMenodora]

The other barrier this system places is that some jobs you cannot be for your entire journey. If you go back and do New Game+ you can, but there are a lot of jobs now that just are not available until you reach an expansion. Thinking a little more it's also about feeling like my character really worked to reach the level they are at in their class or job. For instance when you changed jobs for the next expansion, you didn't start at level 1 and work your way up from there in the perspective of the narrative, you showed up as a level 50 or 60 job with a slew of skills and abilities that as far as anyone in the MSQ is concerned you just knew. When I became and AST for HW I had to be level 50 before starting any story content and my journey getting there with that job was a disconnected roulette spam that was completely removed from how I arrived in Ishgard.

I can agree with this - especially if you are designing a character and envision them as being say, a Sage for example. Well, you can't do that until lvl 70. It would be nice to have an option to start new classes at level 1 also as a choice, or you can choose to have it at level 70 to start for convenience.

(This probably won't happen though as they'd have to design more story quests probably..)

[AmpelioB]

That legacy belongs to World of Warcraft though, specifically Vanilla through Wrath of the Lich King. The game peaked at 12 million paying subscribers and broke culture boundaries of both the MMO genre and the entire gaming industry as a whole. WoW is THE normie MMO and while FFXIV isn't bad, it's recent peak still doesn't put it anywhere close to WoW.

I think you lost the point? I take MememaiXIV is referring to the Final Fantasy franchise as a whole, not FFXIV.

[AmpelioB]

I think it's ok that the first tier of savage is "easy" principally since there are a lot of newcomers and returners but maybe the new ultimate could come a little earlier, something like 2-3 months after launch when most raiders are already geared up.